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<h1>A Japanese guide to Japanese grammar<br />Index</h1>


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<p align="center">Use this handy index to quickly look up different types of grammar you encounter. Warning: This index is not yet complete.</p>

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<p align="center"><a href="#a">【あ】</a>　<a href="#ka">【か】</a>　<a href="#sa">【さ】</a>　<a href="#ta">【た】</a>　<a href="#na">【な】</a>　<a href="#ha">【は】</a>　<a href="#ma">【ま】</a>　<a href="#ya">【や】</a>　<a href="#ra">【ら】</a>　<a href="#wa">【わ】</a>　<a href="#n">【ん】</a></p>

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<h2 id="a">The 【あ行】</h2>
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<li><a href="negverb.html#part2">ある</a>－Verb of existence used for inanimate objects</li>
<li><a href="negverb.html#part2">いる</a>－Verb of existence used for animate and/or living objects</li>
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<h2 id="ka">The 【か行】</h2>
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<li><a href="question.html">「か」 Question Marker</a>－Sentence ending marker used to ask questions and to talk about undecided matters</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part6">「が」 Conjunctive </a>－A conjunctive used to express a contradiction between two simple sentences</li>
<li><a href="particles.html#part4">「が」 Particle</a>－Subject particle, identifies who or what is doing the action</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part4">「から」 Conjunctive</a>－A conjunctive used to express a reason for something.</li>
<li><a href="katakana.html">カタカナ</a>－A variant of the phonetic alphabet for foreign words</li>
<li><a href="kanji.html">漢字（かんじ）</a>－Chinese characters adapted for Japanese</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part6">「けど」 Conjunctive </a>－Similar to 「が」, this is a more casual conjunctive used to express a contradiction between two simple sentences</li>
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<h2 id="sa">The 【さ行】</h2>
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<li><a href="compound.html#part7">「し」 Conjunctive</a>－A conjunctive used to list multiple reasons for something</li>
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<h2 id="ta">The 【た行】</h2>
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<li><a href="compound.html#part7">「～たりする」 </a>－A conjunctive for verbs and state of being used to list multiple reasons for something</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part3">Te-form</a>－A type of verb conjugation used in many different types of grammar. It, in and of itself, is used to express
a sequence of more than one action.</li>
<li><a href="particles2.html#part5">「で」 Particle</a>－Context particle used to express the means of which an action was performed</li>
<li><a href="particles3.html#part2">「と」 Particle</a>－Particle used to denote "and" used for nouns</li>
<li><a href="particles3.html#part3">「とか」 Particle</a>－Casual version of the 「や」 particle used to list a sample of items from a larger list</li>
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<h2 id="na">The 【な行】</h2>
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<li><a href="particles2.html#part3">「に」 Particle</a>－Target particle used to denote a target of a directional action</li>
<li><a href="adgobi.html#part4">「ね」</a>－A sentence ending used to confirm an expectation of agreement</li>
<li><a href="particles3.html#part4">「の」 Particle</a>－Particle used to indicate possession, as a generic noun substitution, or to provide further explanation</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part4">「ので」 Conjunctive</a>－Similar to 「から」, this is a politer conjunctive used to express a reason for something.</li>
<li><a href="compound.html#part5">「のに」 Conjunctive</a>－A conjunctive used to connect two sentences with the meaning,  "in spite of", or "despite".  </li>
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<h2 id="ha">The 【は行】</h2>
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<li><a href="particles.html#part2">「は」 Particle</a>－Topic particle, denotes a general topic (pronounced as / wa /)</li>
<li><a href="hiragana.html">ひらがな</a>－The basic phonetic alphabet</li>
<li><a href="particles2.html#part4">「へ」 Particle</a>－Directional particle used to denote the destination of a motion verb (pronounced as / e / )</li>
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<h2 id="ma">The 【ま行】</h2>
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<li><a href="particles.html#part3">「も」 Particle</a>－Inclusive topic particle, denotes an additional general topic</li>
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<h2 id="ya">The 【や行】</h2>
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<li><a href="particles3.html#part2">「や」 Particle</a>－Particle with the meaning "and"; it is used for nouns implying a sample of items from a larger list</li>
<li><a href="adgobi.html#part5">「よ」</a>－A sentence ending used to inform the listener of new and previously unknown information</li>
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<h2 id="ra">The 【ら行】</h2>
<h2 id="wa">The 【わ行】</h2>
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<li><a href="particles2.html#part2">「を」 Particle</a>－Direct object particle used to denote a direct object</li>
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<h2 id="n">The 【ん行】</h2>
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